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Im in New Romney now. Fancy giving me a lift on the 30th Andytoad!?

Good to see I have been of some use! Im still here, just use the forum for reference more than anything...

Think his Miss put a stop to it...

Hi Jake, welcome to BC... full of very helpful people!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1219075' date='May 3 2011, 07:53 PM'] Always up for a beer...thursday is better for me, tho. Best ask bob as well as it is his thread..!! [/quote] Thursday. Beer. Queens head @ Kingsnorth... easy!

[quote name='ras52' post='1218943' date='May 3 2011, 06:18 PM']If you're in Kent, have you visited "Bassworld" in Tonbridge: [url="http://www.americanguitarsuk.com/"]http://www.americanguitarsuk.com/[/url]. I'd be interested to see what you make of it - I went there once, I was the only customer in the place and the guy there didn't seem at all interested in selling me a bass! I was trying an active bass and asked what a switch was for - he said "dunno" and went back to plahying with his laptop :-([/quote] Ha ha! Man, you are really encouraging me to visit that place Seriously though, i may be popping up there next week, so will let you know if its improved!

[quote name='alanbass1' post='1218936' date='May 3 2011, 06:10 PM']If you are looking at long scale basses, you ought give these a try as they fit nicely in your price range: [url="http://www.ccmusicshop.com/yamaha-bb424x-tobacco-sunburst-pid-948519.html"]http://www.ccmusicshop.com/yamaha-bb424x-t...pid-948519.html[/url][/quote] That link isnt working for me... Now it is!

Own hair and teeth - yes, thank you. Oh my god Britney looks good in a Celtic catsuit! I am playing in an Ashford based band, The Prince Regents... some of our stuff is floating around online. Currently on the look out for a new frontman. You in a local band JTUK?

Hi Dan! Welcome!

Good stuff... its looking more and more like the G&L L2000 will be my bass of choice. Is there a UK distributor that anyone can recommend? Perhaps some good examples on the classifieds?

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1217375' date='May 2 2011, 11:38 AM']Looking at the For Sale Section, this may be worth a look: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127324"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127324[/url] Fender Mustang. Short scale, 7.25 lbs.[/quote] Think i have ruled out short scale basses now. So that narrows the list down a little!

[quote name='BassBunny' post='1216823' date='May 1 2011, 07:50 PM']G&L , No Contest, unless you can find a Cort GB74. Cort make G&L and Lakland and Ibanez and some Frnders and wouldn't mind betting they make Stirlings as well. I would persoanlly go for an L2000. THE most adaptable bass on the market. I ended up putting a very expensive boutique bass away after Set 1 last night and got my trusty G&L L2500 out. Have never failed to get a great sound out of it. You should be able to score an L2000 Tribute for a decent price. G&L was Leo Fenders last company in partenship with George Fullerton, so he took everything he learned with Fender & Musicman and built the G&L range. I've had 3 L2500's, (only to get the right combination of Blueburst/Maple), and would add to the collection in a heartbeat.[/quote] Just been round to Andytoads and grabbed his L2000... will give it a go for a couple of days. If i like it, i then have to consider if it is worth shelling out for a USA model?!

Thanks for all the help... I have spent nearly all day looking at various basses online and im going out of my mind! These suggestions have opened my eyes to some basses that i never even considered before... I am trying to narrow my findings down to a short list of a couple of basses that i could track down and test. Currently interested in - ESP ltd as mentioned at the start (question marks over it being a LTD?) Gibson SG (are they all short scale?) Stirling Musicman (no idea how good these are, but i like the look!) Fender Jaguar (cant find any for sale!) G&L Tribute SB-2 (i dont know a lot about G&L but did enjoy playing one last week) So there you go... feel free to comment on any of those!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1216577' date='May 1 2011, 02:44 PM']You are welcome to pop round and try some basses. Just so you get a perspective of set-up and playing action and what is out there etc PM me if you want.[/quote] Very kind of you... PM sent

[quote name='JTUK' post='1216476' date='May 1 2011, 12:14 PM']Ashford has two music shops, IIRC and not sure what they have in that might be decent... Folkestone has Musicbay. Canterbury....? can't recall what Socodi is now called. If you are sure you are going to stick with bass and not swap back to gtr..then you don't need limit yourself to short scale and there will be more choice. Short scale, IMO, has two main uses..small hands and gtrs doubling. If these aren't issues, then look at regular 34" scale, IMO. You have a decent budget...Denmark St might have a few options in that they have a few shops but I don't know them well enough any more to say what value they would be. Generally, ...generally..I would avoid shops with expensive CITY rents for the more available and popular market as their overheads factors into sales, possibly. Having said that..there are a couple fo specialist bass shops that are worth any premium, IMO.[/quote] I had a look in Ashfords music shops last week. Nothing really caught my eye... wasnt too keen on the manufacturers either (mainly Vintage). I will deffanatly be sticking with bass. Im loving playing for my current band and have had a lot more enjoyment since switching from guitar. So, long scale seems to be the way to go.